Maverick Avila is a young Cebuano journalist and creative who spends most of his days asleep and his nights awake. Once poked, he has a tendency to yap a lot. Either that or he just enjoys moderating conversations. On Saturdays, he writes plays and on Sundays, he plays tennis.
Maverick Avila is a young Cebuano journalist and creative who spends most of his days asleep and his nights awake. Once poked, he has a tendency to yap a lot. Either that or he just enjoys moderating conversations. On Saturdays, he writes plays and on Sundays, he plays tennis.
Warlita Jimenez was inside her bedroom when two armed men wearing bonnets forcibly entered their house at around 11:00 p.m. and shot her four times, according to accounts from her family. She died on the spot.
Veteran lawyer and former Cebu judge Meinrado Paredes says Filipinos are not equal before the law, and that money often dictates its outcomes.
Cebuanos formed the KASUKKO (Kalihukang Sugboanon Kontra Korapsyon) on November 18, 2025 at the Archdiocesan Shrine and Parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Educators, church leaders, lawyers, human rights defenders, and community organizations banded together to continue pushing for accountability amid mounting public outrage over corruption tied to flood control projects.
"While our students are struggling, our money is being siphoned into the pockets of corrupt government officials."
For the locals, the wrath exposed the cracks in billion-peso flood control projects.
Locals told Bulatlat that flood control projects in their area appear inconsistent. Some sections have riverwalls while others have none.
For Allere, the cause is personal. She once lived in an urban poor community in Lorega, Cebu City which got demolished
During the black Friday protest, the respondents stood in front of the DPWH, with no visible physical damage, holding a tarpaulin that read “Prosecute the corrupt bureaucrat-capitalists, not the protesters.”
"This decision sends a clear message that an individual cannot be stripped of their rights and freedoms based merely on suspicion, misplaced profiling, or the mere fact of being in a conflict area."
“Our small wooden boats against China’s massive steel ships. Through the lens, we wanted to show courage and Filipino bravery despite the enormous risks.”
In a report by SunStar Cebu, the second hearing revealed that the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) failed to provide evidence during the second hearing to prove CERNET’s association with a designation of persons or entities. Prior to that, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) confirmed the consortium’s legitimacy.
Jaime Paglinawan, one of the complainants said “…some of the accused had long died before the case was filed.” The resolution, filed by the sued DOJ prosecutors, indicted the deceased Geraldin Labradores and Merlin Logronio, among CERNET 27, for alleged terrorist financing.
Supporting people’s organizations in Visayas since 2001, the Community Empowerment Resource Network, Inc. (CERNET) ceased operations due to the terrorist financing charges filed in 2023.
“Ate Dee stood up for our right to accessible and quality education and demanded meaningful spaces for the youth to lead and be heard. She was never content with token representation. She believed that the youth are not too young to resist, not too naive to understand injustice, and never too powerless to transform our current realities."
“When it comes to articulating the problem of the youth, no one can do it better than them. That’s why grassroots consultation and organizing are key. It’s about ensuring that all youth, across different sectors, are heard and reached,” KPL 2nd Nominee Jose Paolo Echavez said.
Giovanni Gabuli, who chairs the environmental group Pundok Sagop Kalikopan and works with the Bacay Fisherfolk Association, has long advocated against harmful reclamation projects affecting local communities.
Protesters welcome the arrest as a step toward justice for the thousands killed in Duterte’s bloody War on Drugs. Families of extrajudicial killing victims join the demonstration, demanding accountability for the abuses committed under his administration.
For Grace Albasin, visiting her daughter Myles is a bout between pain and love. “I leave the detention center, and my heart hurts. Yet, I know that being with her is the greatest love I can give.”
By MAVERICK AVILABulatlat.com CEBU CITY — Today’s Carolinians’ displacement is a repression of academic freedom and political rights, lawmakers from the Makabayan bloc said. The Makabayan bloc filed the House Resolution No. 2193 on January 23...
The youngest constituent university of the University of the Philippines System is experiencing the effects of the reduced budget.
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